IDNo:	5243918	Year:	1943
Name:	MURFREESBORO	Keel:
Type:	Tanker	Launch Date:	15.09.1943
Flag:	USA	Date of completion:	09.1943

DWT:	16613	Yard No:	261
Length overall:	159.6	Ship Design:	T2-SE-A1
LPP:	153.3	Country of build:	USA
Beam:	20.7	Builder:	Sun
Material of build:		Location of yard:	Chester, Pa
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):	1TE-15

ON	LR/IMO	ID	Year	Name	Tons	Name change	Registered Owner
244235		5243918	1943	MURFREESBORO	10195		U.S. Govt.
244235		5243918	1943	ATLANTIC TRAVELER	10195	1947	Keystone Sg Co.
244235	5243918	5243918	1943	MURFREESBORO	10195	1959	Keystone Sg Co.
244235	5243918	5243918	1943	NECHES	10195	1965	Sabine Towing & Tptn Co Inc.

From the book : Unsung sailors: The Naval Armed Guard in World War II; By : Justin F. Gleichauf Another serious collision involving a freighter and a tanker occurred in Convov CU-15 on 26 February 1944. The tanker SS Murfreesboro was rammed by the SS El Coston, whose steering mechanism broke down. The tanker was car-rying 150,000 barrels of gasoline and burned for hours; twenty-nine crew members and sixteen members of the navy gun crew were lost. The El Coston flew the Panamanian flag and carried a navy gun crew, but no casualty figures we-re announced. Many of the dead from the tanker died in the flaming waters, but some survivors were able to swim un-der the oil until they were clear. Almost unbelievably, the Murfreesboro was salvaged and returned to serviced. "Murfreesboro", after beeing salvaged at St Georges, Bermuda on 29-3-1944.